Bloomsbury Innovations

In April 2004, another test for the presence of date rape drugs was introduced by British company Bloomsbury Innovations Ltd. It is a test kit with three strips—one for each of the most common date rape drugs. As with the coaster, the user simply takes a sample of his or her drink and places the liquid on the test strip areas. A change in color indicates that the drink contains one of the date rape drugs. 

According to Bloomsbury Innovations, the manufacturer of the Drink Detective, people will not necessarily have to test every drink. Simply having the Drink Detective with them will likely discourage a sexual predator from attempting to spike the person s drink. The Drink Detective was recognized by Popular Science magazine as one of the 100 best new products of 2004. 

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